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Mark Borkum

Mark Borkum

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 371-7211

Biography

Mark Borkum, M.Eng., Ph.D., is a computer scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. His work focuses on the usage and application of computer science and software engineering techniques and technologies to enable and to support interdisciplinary research.

Mark is the software architect, lead software developer and lead data scientist for the Unique Building Identification (UBID) project. He is also a software developer for the Building Energy Asset Score research project, focusing on the implementation of the project's BuildingSync import and export capabilities.

Research Interests

  • Computer science and software engineering
  • Computational biology
  • Knowledge representation and management

Education and Credentials

  • Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK, 2013
  • M.Eng. Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK, 2008

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • American Chemical Society (ACS), Member, 2013—present.

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2018 Incubating Market-Propelled Entrepreneurial-mindset at the Labs (IMPEL) by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO).
  • 2010 European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) Technology Award.
  • 2009 Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Mobility Award.

PNNL Patents

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Bereta dos Reis F., D.J. Sebastian Cardenas, M.I. Borkum, H.M. Reeve, and M. Mukherjee. 2023. Blockchain for Fault-Tolerant Grid Operations. PNNL-33981. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Blockchain for Fault-Tolerant Grid Operations
  • Bereta dos Reis F., M.I. Borkum, M. Mukherjee, and D.J. Sebastian Cardenas. 2023. "Distributed Ledger Technology for Fault Tolerant Distribution Grid Operations." IEEE Access 11. PNNL-SA-184904. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3287831
  • Bereta dos Reis F., M.I. Borkum, M. Mukherjee, H.M. Reeve, and D.J. Sebastian Cardenas. 2023. Blockchain for Fault-Tolerant Grid Operations Version 2.0. PNNL-35420. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Blockchain for Fault-Tolerant Grid Operations Version 2.0

2022

  • Eloe-Fadrosh E., F. Ahmed, F. Anubhav, M. Babinski, J. Baumes, M.I. Borkum, and L.M. Bramer, et al. 2022. "The National Microbiome Data Collaborative Data Portal: an integrated multi-omics microbiome data resource." Nucleic Acids Research 50, no. D1:D828-D836. PNNL-SA-165796. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab990
  • Sebastian Cardenas D.J., S. Gourisetti, P. Wang, J.J. Smith, M.I. Borkum, and M. Mukherjee. 2022. Smart Contract Architectures and Templates for Blockchain-based Energy Markets (V1.0). PNNL-32687. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Smart Contract Architectures and Templates for Blockchain-based Energy Markets (V1.0)

2020

  • Wood-Charlson E.M., F. Anubhav, D.L. Auberry, H. Blanco, M.I. Borkum, Y. Eberlim de Corilo, and K.W. Davenport, et al. 2020. "The National Microbiome Data Collaborative: Enabling Microbiome Science." Nature Reviews Microbiology 18, no. 6:313-314. PNNL-SA-152551. doi:10.1038/s41579-020-0377-0

2019

  • Wang N., E. Vlachokostas, M.I. Borkum, H. Bergmann, and S. Zaleski. 2019. "Unique Building Identifier: A Natural Key for Building Data Matching and its Energy Applications." Energy and Buildings 184. PNNL-SA-132556. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.052

2018

  • Yesiltepe Y., J. Nunez, S.M. Colby, D.G. Thomas, M.I. Borkum, P.N. Reardon, and N.M. Washton, et al. 2018. "An automated framework for NMR chemical shift calculations of small organic molecules." Journal of Cheminformatics 10. PNNL-SA-137588. doi:10.1186/s13321-018-0305-8

2017

  • Borkum M.I., P.N. Reardon, R.C. Taylor, and N.G. Isern. 2017. "Modeling Framework for Isotopic Labeling of Heteronuclear Moieties." Journal of Cheminformatics 9, no. 1:Article No. 14. PNNL-SA-121041. doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0201-7

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